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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? 11:17 - Jun 1 with 1996 viewsMatt_Netherlands

Or are they not able to have it for some contractual / patriotic reason? Just seems strange in these ones that the Beeb and ITV can hold onto all major tournaments! Same for things such as Wimbledon too I suppose.

Not complaining mind you. Although I wish BBC had all of England’s games this summer.
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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:25 - Jun 1 with 1963 viewsTractor_Buck

Ofcom 'Designated Events list'.

The Euros are also covered, along with the Cup Final, the Grand National and Derby, Wimbledon and a couple of others.

Must be made available to free-to-air channels, pay channels can share but not cover exclusively.

There's a second list which is the other way round, i.e live on pay channels provided highlights are made available to FTA channels, which includes Test Matches, The Open and the Ryder Cup.
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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:26 - Jun 1 with 1961 viewsElderGrizzly

It’s on a list, along with a number of other sporting events that must be shown on ‘free to air’ channels.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofcom_Code_on_Sports_and_Other_Listed_and_Design
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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:27 - Jun 1 with 1950 viewsfactual_blue

It's one of the 'protected events' reserved by legislation for terrestrial broadcasters only in the UK. FIFA lost an appeal to the EU against the legality of this ruling back in 2013/14.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10864088/BBC-and-ITV-will-w

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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:27 - Jun 1 with 1951 viewsBloomBlue

The govenment protected some sporting events like the world cup to be shown on terrestrial tv. That way everyone can watch instead of just the privileged rich people who can afford sky/bt.
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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:29 - Jun 1 with 1941 viewsbluelou

The Ashes was on that list until 2005, so it can change but probably won’t for the WC.

BT no longer HAVE to make some Champions league games available for free but they did choose to for this recent final.

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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:30 - Jun 1 with 1939 viewsHerbivore

It's on a list of protected events that have to be available on free to air television. Hope that helps.

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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 12:07 - Jun 1 with 1851 viewsMatt_Netherlands

When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:25 - Jun 1 by Tractor_Buck

Ofcom 'Designated Events list'.

The Euros are also covered, along with the Cup Final, the Grand National and Derby, Wimbledon and a couple of others.

Must be made available to free-to-air channels, pay channels can share but not cover exclusively.

There's a second list which is the other way round, i.e live on pay channels provided highlights are made available to FTA channels, which includes Test Matches, The Open and the Ryder Cup.


Thank goodness for that... just a shame ITV are still allowed near it to be honest! Cheers.
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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 13:21 - Jun 1 with 1754 viewsSpruceMoose

When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 12:07 - Jun 1 by Matt_Netherlands

Thank goodness for that... just a shame ITV are still allowed near it to be honest! Cheers.


Hey, at least that Adrian Chiles fella is history.

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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 13:27 - Jun 1 with 1738 viewsSuperfrans

When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:29 - Jun 1 by bluelou

The Ashes was on that list until 2005, so it can change but probably won’t for the WC.

BT no longer HAVE to make some Champions league games available for free but they did choose to for this recent final.


Inevitably it will change, in time - as long as commercial markets are allowed to supercede any other interest. The World Cup will be on Sy/BT or wherever within 10 years, I reckon.

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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 13:36 - Jun 1 with 1705 viewsMatt_Netherlands

When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 13:21 - Jun 1 by SpruceMoose

Hey, at least that Adrian Chiles fella is history.


The ITV punditry team for this year includes:

Gary Neville (Decent to be fair)
R** K*** (No Comment)
Patrice Evra (Will either be amazing or just amazingly annoying)
Ian Wright (BBC clearly had enough of him!)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5726931/ITV-announce-punditry-
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When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 13:37 - Jun 1 with 1704 viewsusm

When will the World Cup be lost to Sky / BT? on 11:27 - Jun 1 by BloomBlue

The govenment protected some sporting events like the world cup to be shown on terrestrial tv. That way everyone can watch instead of just the privileged rich people who can afford sky/bt.


Hahaha,

The privileged rich must include the great unwashed these days - I'm in !!!

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